My Thesis Abstract
Project Abstract
The largest renovation construction project in history is located along the Potomac River, just across from the nation’s capital, at the center for the Department of Defense for the United States. The Pentagon Wedges 2 through 5 project is a $2 billion contract, projected for finish in 2010. The wedge currently under construction is Wedge 3, with a lump sum contract value of $367,000, which it is not surprising considering that it is approximately a one million square foot section of this massive building.
This project is a LEED certified building under the LEED Existing Buildings criterion. It shows great efficiency in its design because of the Universal Space Plan, or USP. The USP integrates natural daylight, flexible office spaces and an efficient overhead mechanical system to help achieve this certification. Great attention is paid to tracking the LEED points by a team of sustainability coordinators.
Scheduling is quite unique to this project as well. Wedge 3 is divided into two phases, each of which has sub sections, as well as five floors. Phase one includes sub-areas ten, thirteen, and fourteen, while phase two includes areas eleven, twelve, fifteen and sixteen. Interesting scheduling techniques utilizing these zones ensures the flow of work is constant and uninterrupted. A schematic summary prepared in the computer program Primavera illustrates the milestones and major steps of the construction process, which is found in Technical Assignment 1.